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>> the clinton tag team. secretary clinton is there. give her a break and send her back in a few weeks after that. >> jennifer: it would be effective. >> very few people carry as much stature as the two of them. often has played the role to north korea. >> jennifer: an opportunity now the president has also asked a number of members of his cabinet to stay on longer. i don't know if secretary clinton is willing to do that but apparently has asked eric holder to stay on longer because he doesn't want to see a mass exodus. do you think she will stay? >> no. need to stop this war. >> jennifer: democratic strategist donnie fowler. coming up, for years they lived in the shadows whispering words like infusion and compromise. but alas, there finally appears to be hope for long lost g.o.p. moderates. their story of survival next. i'm a new dad. we at current tv are very aware of recent studies suggesting that poor diet during the first 1,000 days of human life can cause irreparable harm to our brains and our bodies. that's why "current" has part
>> the clinton tag team. secretary clinton is there. give her a break and send her back in a few weeks after that. >> jennifer: it would be effective. >> very few people carry as much stature as the two of them. often has played the role to north korea. >> jennifer: an opportunity now the president has also asked a number of members of his cabinet to stay on longer. i don't know if secretary clinton is willing to do that but apparently has asked eric holder to stay on...
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and comedian amy poehler jokes that bill clinton was quote hilary clinton's husband, you may recall. the former president offered his take. >> whenever i am stubborn about something in our constant quest at my self-improvement -- she refers to me as her first husband. [ laughter ] >> because i told her she is going to live to be 120 and have time for plenty more. >> jennifer: for those of you who are worried about secretary clinton's health she is going to live to be 120 that's the official word from the official first gentlemen. now for the most shocking news we have had in a while. fox news channel has hired a new paid contributor, former ohio congressman and champion of the left, dennis cuccinech. the joins joe trippi ron williams, all i can say is wow. just wow. a quick break and then brett ehrlich stops engaging in twitter wars just long enough to cover other people engaging in twitter wars. en ♪ >> jennifer: now being in congress is a job just like any other, and just like any job, people who do it, use the internet to waste time. so here to report on the latest time waster i
and comedian amy poehler jokes that bill clinton was quote hilary clinton's husband, you may recall. the former president offered his take. >> whenever i am stubborn about something in our constant quest at my self-improvement -- she refers to me as her first husband. [ laughter ] >> because i told her she is going to live to be 120 and have time for plenty more. >> jennifer: for those of you who are worried about secretary clinton's health she is going to live to be 120...
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one more thing andy, when i see him using clinton, al gore did not use bill clinton. and last time around the clintons were running against obama, so there were bad mixed feelings to say the least. is that going to be an effective strategy bringing these two presidents basically both barrels loaded? >> yeah, i mean, the clinton choice is obvious. you know, clinton presented himself in 1995 and 1996 at a time when there is dysfunctional off the robber republican majority in the house and he could be the one to push the country forward if we were to use the word from obama's campaign add and he could put the country on tack. well in the logic is obvious to bring the man from hope, arkansas and this guy is just popular. americans love him. his appeal has not faded. if anything it has gotten better over the years. you got to credit the president for bringing clinton into this. >> well, look, do you believe in miracles? democrats getting tough. stay tune, it might be hell of an election. i was afraid they would get steam rolled as they would in the past but in my opinion t
one more thing andy, when i see him using clinton, al gore did not use bill clinton. and last time around the clintons were running against obama, so there were bad mixed feelings to say the least. is that going to be an effective strategy bringing these two presidents basically both barrels loaded? >> yeah, i mean, the clinton choice is obvious. you know, clinton presented himself in 1995 and 1996 at a time when there is dysfunctional off the robber republican majority in the house and...
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. >> cenk: hillary clinton was on walmart's board of directors for six years, too. do you think she should not have been secretary of state? >> i think there is a whole range of issues that one should consider in terms of clinton's record, but i think it was appropriate that her connection and others' connections to walmart became an issue in the primary. we saw in 2008 prominent democratic party officials speaking out about walmart. we have not seen in recent months since the strikes that took place on black friday or before very many democrats and certainly nobody at the top of the party speaking up about these strikes or speaking up about this challenge to the dominant employer in the united states at the moment. i think the fact that hillary clinton served in a role where she helped to improve walmart's image. she helped walmart get over its imagine as a white-male company is something that she should have been asked to answer for much more. at the time she suggested changes, but she didn't speak up about labor issues in walmart, and something she should have be
. >> cenk: hillary clinton was on walmart's board of directors for six years, too. do you think she should not have been secretary of state? >> i think there is a whole range of issues that one should consider in terms of clinton's record, but i think it was appropriate that her connection and others' connections to walmart became an issue in the primary. we saw in 2008 prominent democratic party officials speaking out about walmart. we have not seen in recent months since the...
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i want him to win in thought he was more progressive than hillary clinton. he did this over and over again because he's right wing in his bones. how about the case of the journal i have the in yemen. he happened to find out that we did tomahawk cruise missile strike that killed women and children. they locked him up for that. the former president of yemen was going to let him go. he served years in prison, unjustly. president obama called and said no, i want you to keep calling that guy a terrorist, and keep him in jail, and today this journalist in yemen is still in prison, because president obama made that call. now which progressive would do that? he's not a progressive. when you're not looking at every opportunity he has he goes right he goes right he goes right and then he says it to you. he says i would be a moderate republican. i am a blue dog, i am a conservative democratic. the minute he has a chance to do the grand bargain he helps the republicans in a grand larceny. that's what he does. i tell you this stuff because you got to know. open your eyes
i want him to win in thought he was more progressive than hillary clinton. he did this over and over again because he's right wing in his bones. how about the case of the journal i have the in yemen. he happened to find out that we did tomahawk cruise missile strike that killed women and children. they locked him up for that. the former president of yemen was going to let him go. he served years in prison, unjustly. president obama called and said no, i want you to keep calling that guy a...
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clinton is right. whether it was a spontaneous demonstration or a planned attack or some sort of combination of both, which is from my understands that that is the case, it's fairly irrelevant. that's the wrong question. rand paul has a qualified question. you have this post in libya and they're asking for more security at the rebel h.q. outpost. someone should be have been reading the cables. and whenever you have a situation where these guys are obsessing over these questions and most people don't really care secretary clinton does haven't good job handling this. she does quite well. >> cenk: how much security is there normally at an embassy, a consulate. are they really well secured and this was the only one that was secured? i don't know the proper context and that's why i think it's very important for you to tell us. >> they should be very well secured. and the security situation in libya is deplorable that they didn't have adequate security there. back when i was serving in the balkans in the lat
clinton is right. whether it was a spontaneous demonstration or a planned attack or some sort of combination of both, which is from my understands that that is the case, it's fairly irrelevant. that's the wrong question. rand paul has a qualified question. you have this post in libya and they're asking for more security at the rebel h.q. outpost. someone should be have been reading the cables. and whenever you have a situation where these guys are obsessing over these questions and most people...
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grew under bush, dropped under clinton, grew under bush. how weather is the reaction to this? john boehner said nothing. and others say it's a report of out of scroll spending even though it's the opposite. and the g.o.p. will get together to vote to repeal obama-care for the 37th time. let's go to pat in world world news. >> thank you for having me. >> john: we did work with this president. we did help to bring the deficit down together, our policies are working. have you heard any reaction from "b" this? has this humbled anyone? >> no, of course not. i think the reason for that is two-fold. one, the republicans don't want to give obama credit for bringing the deficit down. there was the warning that taxes on the rich would kill job creation and the economy. here err the deficit is coming down. >> john: it seems to me if i was a smart republican in 2013 i presume they're out there this would be the chance to say yes the tax cuts help and it's the budget cuts that we forced. we work with this president and we take some credit for it. they're ignoring it. is this going to chang
grew under bush, dropped under clinton, grew under bush. how weather is the reaction to this? john boehner said nothing. and others say it's a report of out of scroll spending even though it's the opposite. and the g.o.p. will get together to vote to repeal obama-care for the 37th time. let's go to pat in world world news. >> thank you for having me. >> john: we did work with this president. we did help to bring the deficit down together, our policies are working. have you heard any...
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>> no on one. >> this is president bill clinton. i'm calling you to urge you to vote against amendment one on tuesday, may 8th. if it passes, it won't change north carolina's law on marriage. what it will change is north carolina's ability to keep good businesses, attract new jobs and attract and keep talented entrepreneurs. if it passes your ability to keep those businesses, get those jobs and get those talented entrepreneurs will be weakened and losing even one job to amendment one is too big a risk. its passage will also take away health insurance from children and could even take away domestic violence protections from women. so the real effect of the law is not to keep the traditional definition of "marriage." it's already done that. the real effect of the law would be to hurt families and drive away jobs. north carolina can do better. again, this is bill clinton asking you to please vote against amendment one. >> stephanie: thank you. ♪ let's hear it for the boy ♪ >> stephanie: it would take away hospital visitation rights
>> no on one. >> this is president bill clinton. i'm calling you to urge you to vote against amendment one on tuesday, may 8th. if it passes, it won't change north carolina's law on marriage. what it will change is north carolina's ability to keep good businesses, attract new jobs and attract and keep talented entrepreneurs. if it passes your ability to keep those businesses, get those jobs and get those talented entrepreneurs will be weakened and losing even one job to amendment...
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bill clinton got a second term. are you hearing this john? this is not good news for them. >> john: you're exactly right. >> but because he faced a coup attempt dehands of his own party, he survived that. >> john: his personal life had a little bit to do with that. >> it did. he didn't think that was relative enough when he came roaring back. >> john: voters at the g.o.p. did. i think that speaker boehner is in a tough position. i will give him credit for this. he's got his eye on trying to save his entire party from the far right wing fringe. he knows if they all capitulate to them to win primary races that they're all going to be wiped out. no. a gerrymandering will fix it for them. >> you and i are hearing the same inside baseball. we talk to some of the same people. we hear some of the stuff that doesn't make it into print. he was willing to negotiate last year. he was willing to negotiate the year before that. it was always the young guns in his party that he's afraid of. in essence who he couldn't corral and control and here we are, all
bill clinton got a second term. are you hearing this john? this is not good news for them. >> john: you're exactly right. >> but because he faced a coup attempt dehands of his own party, he survived that. >> john: his personal life had a little bit to do with that. >> it did. he didn't think that was relative enough when he came roaring back. >> john: voters at the g.o.p. did. i think that speaker boehner is in a tough position. i will give him credit for this....
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geithner could be, byers kin bowles who was clinton's chief of staff. maybe roger altman, maybe even gene sperling who is now head of the council of economic advisers. what do you think are the chances of any of those? >> you know, i think the interesting pick would be erskine bowles pick. rather controversial in some respects because of the commission. but erskine bowles might send a message to the folks on the hill that look, we're serious about putting together a deal here. he might -- he might be a bit of -- outside the box pick but you know i think altman is your wall street insider. he was a very popular deputy secretary of treasury. he's a very smart guy. he knows how the department works. so he's probably a safer choice for sure. on that one. >> jennifer: what do you think about someone, for example like you know, volcker or somebody who clearly -- if you pick someone like altman or erskine bowles, you're going to have progressives, i think upset. because they feel like he would be going to the middle. if you had somebody who was going to be cle
geithner could be, byers kin bowles who was clinton's chief of staff. maybe roger altman, maybe even gene sperling who is now head of the council of economic advisers. what do you think are the chances of any of those? >> you know, i think the interesting pick would be erskine bowles pick. rather controversial in some respects because of the commission. but erskine bowles might send a message to the folks on the hill that look, we're serious about putting together a deal here. he might --...
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>> iowa has nostalgia for the obama campaign when he defeated hillary clinton there. of course, he won iowa against john mccain in 2008. polls have always shown president obama up by a couple of points in iowa. that has tightened a little bit but the democrats are feeling confident about iowa, a two- or three-point cushion for the president there. and some of the issues for iowa are different from the rest of the nation. another thing they can point out, they can afford to lose iowa. as long as the president wins nevada and ohio, let iowa go and new hampshire. they're going to continue to hard there but there are a lot more different places where the president can get the 271. >> eliot: it sounds like the president may not be sleeping well, but he's sleeping better than mitt romney if you sum it all up. david shuster, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> eliot: i'm heading over to hbo for >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm tonight in
>> iowa has nostalgia for the obama campaign when he defeated hillary clinton there. of course, he won iowa against john mccain in 2008. polls have always shown president obama up by a couple of points in iowa. that has tightened a little bit but the democrats are feeling confident about iowa, a two- or three-point cushion for the president there. and some of the issues for iowa are different from the rest of the nation. another thing they can point out, they can afford to lose iowa. as...
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israel prime ministers since the year 2040 that put far-reaching proposals on the table first with clinton and then president bush. these proposals were not engaged and rejected. first by arafat, and then abbas. we hope again we will reach a formula that both sides will work on in good faith. can we resolve all of our differences? maybe not. can we move forward in a way that will benefit the palestinian people on the ground the israeli people, several we can. >> cenk: do you worry that the occupation has a corrupting influence on the population. if it was happening in the united states after 40 years and you're right to point that out. after 40 years we would become the occupiers in a mindset and become comfortable with that. are you worried about that? >> i think democracies always have to be worried about whatever state whatever their democracy. we have a movie that is an oscar contender called "the gatekeepers." it relates to these issues, the dilemmas of war and peace and the situation we're in. we've moved out of gaza unilaterally without agreement. hamas took over, iran took over and
israel prime ministers since the year 2040 that put far-reaching proposals on the table first with clinton and then president bush. these proposals were not engaged and rejected. first by arafat, and then abbas. we hope again we will reach a formula that both sides will work on in good faith. can we resolve all of our differences? maybe not. can we move forward in a way that will benefit the palestinian people on the ground the israeli people, several we can. >> cenk: do you worry that...
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president clinton and vice president gore thought the opening of the world with the dawn of the internet travel and tourism was a good bet for increasing the wealth of the united states. representative gingrich said no the government has nothing to do with tourism. we should get out of tourism. and essentially with budget control, zeroed out the office and this was just months before the 1996 olympics which were in atlanta, and you remember of course, representative gingrich was from georgia. >> michael: of course. before i let you go, i do want to ask you to answer quickly what america needs to do to strike the right balance between security and making our country a place that foreigners really do want to visit. >> well, as i show in my book. there are lots of easy easy things to do and the diplomats have said the best tourists are the best diplomats, and we can do that by making the visa process easier having a friendlier border, having people who actually speak foreign languages. it's not a hard balance as long as that is what you are looking for. but for so many years there is no dis
president clinton and vice president gore thought the opening of the world with the dawn of the internet travel and tourism was a good bet for increasing the wealth of the united states. representative gingrich said no the government has nothing to do with tourism. we should get out of tourism. and essentially with budget control, zeroed out the office and this was just months before the 1996 olympics which were in atlanta, and you remember of course, representative gingrich was from georgia....
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good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill clinton last sunday. versus this extreme radical tea partier, ken cuccinelli who is the todd akin of virginia. man, that's going to be a good challenge. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show" now on current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour now. busy day here on the "full court press" this thursday, december 6th. good to you have with us today. don't forget, you can join the conversation any time at 1-866
good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill clinton last sunday. versus this extreme radical tea partier, ken cuccinelli who is the todd akin of virginia. man, that's going to be a good challenge. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having...
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that was hillary clinton's husband. >> called him bill rodham clinton. >> love it. our friend of bills this hour we will be joined very, very excited to welcome congress woman january shikowski from illinois here in studio. her first visit, been on the show many times. her first visit in studio in your honor. >> that's great. i am a friend of jill's too. january's. >> >>. >> who the hell is jill? >> i don't know. >> big announcement at the whitehouse. we will preview that for you but first. >> this is the full court press. >> checking other headlines, making news on this wednesday president obama is getting new license plates for all of his cars. the white house announcing yesterday he is having the dc taxation without representation listens plates put on his limos to stand in solidarity to the dc residents who pay federal taxes but do not get anything for that. they get no representation in congress. he did not have the plates on his cars in his first term. president bush never had them on his cars but president clinton did. >> right. those of us who live in the di
that was hillary clinton's husband. >> called him bill rodham clinton. >> love it. our friend of bills this hour we will be joined very, very excited to welcome congress woman january shikowski from illinois here in studio. her first visit, been on the show many times. her first visit in studio in your honor. >> that's great. i am a friend of jill's too. january's. >> >>. >> who the hell is jill? >> i don't know. >> big announcement at the...
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former aid to secretary of state hillary clinton she's his wife. she's also in the ad. watch. >> new york city should be the middle class capital of the world and i have ideas of how to do it, 64 of them. take a look and tell me what you think. >> we love this city, and no one will work harder to make it better than anthony. >> i'll fight for you every single day. thank you for watching. >> cenk: all right, kosher or not kosher, hermela go. >> of course, give him a second chance. if i was her i would definitely back him up. >> cenk: you would back him up. >> of course. >> cenk: you would appear in the ad. >> i would appear in the ad to make other people feel comfortable enough to accept him back in society. >> i know, but there is something so cheesily about it. she's like a prop. see, she forgave me, you should forgive me. i hate using her that way. >> it's corny because they cut the line which she had which was, can i go now? they just got rid of it. [ laughing ] >> you can't run for mayor without her participation. she has to be in it. >> cenk: that was the first con
former aid to secretary of state hillary clinton she's his wife. she's also in the ad. watch. >> new york city should be the middle class capital of the world and i have ideas of how to do it, 64 of them. take a look and tell me what you think. >> we love this city, and no one will work harder to make it better than anthony. >> i'll fight for you every single day. thank you for watching. >> cenk: all right, kosher or not kosher, hermela go. >> of course, give him a...
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hillary clinton is one. would she have been as successful if they got into the same trouble? >> no woman would have recovered from her husband's scandal. look at monica lewinsky she never recovered. and there are countless examples. kristin davis is running for city comptroller as well. i'm referring not to an actress but what was she convicted of? she was convicted of being the madam that run the brothel that that a candidate was accused of patronizing, and that was eliot spitzer. she's knowledgeable, she has an interesting libertarian sensibility, but the reason why she's a laughing stock is because she's a woman involved in a sex scandal. >> michael: i see the point you're making, but the most specific point is monica lewinsky. when eliot spitzer decided to run, he asks his family if he's going to run. he doesn't ask ashley dupree who is trying to live a private life i don't say this with any authority, but that point is most interesting. the point about kristin davis eliot spitzer has a record of financial know-how both as governor and as a businessman. i sort of think--
hillary clinton is one. would she have been as successful if they got into the same trouble? >> no woman would have recovered from her husband's scandal. look at monica lewinsky she never recovered. and there are countless examples. kristin davis is running for city comptroller as well. i'm referring not to an actress but what was she convicted of? she was convicted of being the madam that run the brothel that that a candidate was accused of patronizing, and that was eliot spitzer. she's...
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tangle with these two, they are going to be tangling with women and it comes on the heels of hillary clinton, and others isn't it great that this isn't a story anymore. >> as bill just said she is strong talented, tough, and do the job that we need to keep our country safe and keep the american people secure in our homes and communities. it's very important that the president picked top notched people. >> michael: you brought your beautiful daughter with you to the studio today, and said samantha power was making her remarks, and her young children or child was in the front row making a disturbance. she was slightly distracted about it, she pulled through. the child was taken out by a relative at the moment and that's real life isn't it bill? wasn't it a bit of charm rather than what we're accustomed to seeing? >> it really was. and one other point on susan rice and then back to samantha power. the republicans i think are going to live to regret their piling on susan rice because they effectively blocked her from being secretary of state, and now she is going to be even closer to president o
tangle with these two, they are going to be tangling with women and it comes on the heels of hillary clinton, and others isn't it great that this isn't a story anymore. >> as bill just said she is strong talented, tough, and do the job that we need to keep our country safe and keep the american people secure in our homes and communities. it's very important that the president picked top notched people. >> michael: you brought your beautiful daughter with you to the studio today, and...
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i think it's very effective. >> it we minds me of the bill clinton hope ad, and ronald reagan. it's a departure for me. >> i would give it a seven just for the idea of the heavy lifting of making mitt romney look remotely warm. >> i'll give it an eight. >> i'll give it an eight if i'm allowed to rate it. it was low on substance. >> overall a 7.3 on the mitt romney ad. >> we'll go to an ad that president obama has out called "we heard it all before." >> it started like this. >> i speak the language of business. i know how jobs are created. >> but it ended like this. one of the worst economic records in the country. when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs. a rate twice the national average and fell to 47th in job creation. fourth from the bottom. instead of hiring workers from his own state romney outsourced call center jobs to india. >> i think that's a very effective negative ad. it doesn't seem petty. it seems weighty. and it's easy to follow. it sort of moves sequentially. there is no moment where you feel you're being manipulated. i trust
i think it's very effective. >> it we minds me of the bill clinton hope ad, and ronald reagan. it's a departure for me. >> i would give it a seven just for the idea of the heavy lifting of making mitt romney look remotely warm. >> i'll give it an eight. >> i'll give it an eight if i'm allowed to rate it. it was low on substance. >> overall a 7.3 on the mitt romney ad. >> we'll go to an ad that president obama has out called "we heard it all before."...
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clinton as to a potential presidency? >> i would not think we would have a decision until the midterm elections next year. a real decision right after that. we will begin to see some signs at some point next year as she goes out and presumably campaigns on behalf of other democrats. she will be in great demand, i'm sure by democrats in races around the country. so we may be able to get some sense of it. but i think she has the luxury of being able to wait a good, long time because she starts this race with a number of advantages, obviously. >> john: dan, is there a republican right now that can beat hillary clinton to your reckoning in 2016? >> in a country that remains as divided as this is, you can a, anticipate that this will potentially be a close election in 2016. on the other hand, because of the demographics in this country, i think that there is a built-in advantage to the democrats in the national vote unless republicans do significantly better with the hispanic vote. so the question is what is the right path for
clinton as to a potential presidency? >> i would not think we would have a decision until the midterm elections next year. a real decision right after that. we will begin to see some signs at some point next year as she goes out and presumably campaigns on behalf of other democrats. she will be in great demand, i'm sure by democrats in races around the country. so we may be able to get some sense of it. but i think she has the luxury of being able to wait a good, long time because she...
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anyhow, so we have got to cover with clinton yates this hour. we will talk to representative from "public citizen," this happens to be the third anniversary of citizens united. will we ever get rid of that monster and a couple from huffington post joining us next hour. >> other headlines making news on this monday, the super bowl will now be the harbowl, san francisco 49ers rallied back from a defeat for the nfc championship under coach jim harbaugh and the ravens took the afc championship. ravens and 49ers now booking their flights to new orleans. super bowl is in two weeks. >> we have never had anything like this before. >> i am looking forward to it. it's the best line-up i can remember in quite some time. >> it will be cool. >> i would come up with something better than that. >> i like the dualing harvi. >> jack harbaugh is the man. >> the subway sandwich change is in a bit of hot water. most of their subs aren't quite a foot long. many are just less than maybe 11 and a half inches long. someone called them out on their facebook page about i
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may go along as well 37 in washington today secretary of state hillary clinton was guarded as she discussed the rebel's recent successes. >> opposition in syria is now holding ground, and they are better equipped and more able to bring the fight to the government forces. i don't know that you can say that for the entire country it is yet at a tipping point but it certainly seems that the regime will be much harder pressed in the next months. >> eliot: in cairo protesters continue to press the regime of president mohammed morsi to relinquish the new powers he announced for himself this week. some protesters also object to the new draft egyptian constitution, which was finished friday and sent to morsi for review. meanwhile in israel you prime prime minister benjamin netanyahu government has announced plans to build housing that would physically link jerusalem with major west bank settlement. it is called counterproductive to the goals resuming direct negotiations between israel and the palestinians and achieving the two-state peace settlement that has been the u.s. diplomat i can goal for de
may go along as well 37 in washington today secretary of state hillary clinton was guarded as she discussed the rebel's recent successes. >> opposition in syria is now holding ground, and they are better equipped and more able to bring the fight to the government forces. i don't know that you can say that for the entire country it is yet at a tipping point but it certainly seems that the regime will be much harder pressed in the next months. >> eliot: in cairo protesters continue to...
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them what they did in the 90s to bill clinton, and hey, let's have scandal fun. is the white house reaction perfect? now. is the congressional reaction perfect welcome they're late to defend the president, some of them. the important actors, though, really are the media. >> michael: let's talk about what you brought up with the ap and the department of justice. i mean, where do you--to extrapolate from the title of your book, what is the matter with white house house? is this something in your estimation have done a good job responding? hehe talked about it yesterday, he talked about it today. is this a response that services you or is it going to go on and on now. >> no, i'm not satisfied with his response. he has had a hard time with republicans getting his agenda through, nevertheless he got some really good things done. it's really his national security policies and the continuation quite frankly of push policies is the one area where i really do give him low marks. both he and eric holder are telling us that we have scary people out there and if we knew what
them what they did in the 90s to bill clinton, and hey, let's have scandal fun. is the white house reaction perfect? now. is the congressional reaction perfect welcome they're late to defend the president, some of them. the important actors, though, really are the media. >> michael: let's talk about what you brought up with the ap and the department of justice. i mean, where do you--to extrapolate from the title of your book, what is the matter with white house house? is this something in...
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but hillary clinton i thought won the day yesterday. peter, on -- >> so many good comments on social media. on twitter we're tweeting at bpshow. hillary was fabulous. she put those jerks in their place. we're also getting a lot of comments in the chat room at current.com/billpress. >> rand paul is a freakin' moron. the more i hear out of hit mouth, the more i realize he should have been in b rated movies. >> bill: he's a little pipsqueak. >> patty says with all of the sexism in politics, it is nice to see all of the female politicians with more balls and sense than the republicans. >> bill: amen, amen to that. anita is calling from san antonio, texas. hi anita. >> caller: hi, how are you? >> bill: what do you think? >> caller: well, you know, i felt like rand paul was insinuating that hillary clinton was leaving because of this whole benghazi thing. i really got that impression which is of course ridiculous. >> bill: not true. >> caller: she had planned way before that. rand paul and the whole -- i found the whole thing hilarious and to
but hillary clinton i thought won the day yesterday. peter, on -- >> so many good comments on social media. on twitter we're tweeting at bpshow. hillary was fabulous. she put those jerks in their place. we're also getting a lot of comments in the chat room at current.com/billpress. >> rand paul is a freakin' moron. the more i hear out of hit mouth, the more i realize he should have been in b rated movies. >> bill: he's a little pipsqueak. >> patty says with all of the...
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he knows a thing or two about presidential campaigning for his time advising cartin clinton and gore. and his new book "the candidate," what it takes to win, hold the white house came out last week. hot off of the press, professor, welcome inside the war room. >> it's a pleasure to be here governor. >> great to have you. he specially in light of the significant event. and so from your perspective as now sort of the presidential historian of these things, how significant of a moment was the announcement on gay marriage for the president's re-election? >> well i think it was absolutely essential given what i have seen in other campaigns in looking back the president had to do this before his convention. and he had to -- and it was probably a very good idea given the past to do it before he got lots of negative publicity when he visited hollywood. whether he might have wished now that the convention was in north carolina there's now another question. i don't think they thought when they picked north carolina for the site of the convention that they expected this issue to be decided for i
he knows a thing or two about presidential campaigning for his time advising cartin clinton and gore. and his new book "the candidate," what it takes to win, hold the white house came out last week. hot off of the press, professor, welcome inside the war room. >> it's a pleasure to be here governor. >> great to have you. he specially in light of the significant event. and so from your perspective as now sort of the presidential historian of these things, how significant of...
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this is not bill clinton mouthing off on anything and everything under the sun. this is a rarity appearance in tanzania. in dallas they're doing sufficient that is pretty good, this women's conference. this is interesting. clearly he is frustrated about something that is a primal importance to him. >> michael: of course, before i let go, and very quickly i want to bring up virginia governor bob transvaginal probe mcdonnell. it's a tough nickname but he's got it. an fbi investigation shows that he failed to disclose gifts from wealthy donors, is he oh done? >> as far as being a big national candidate yeah, i would think that he would be toast in the short run. can he come back from this a few years down the road? well, after what we've seen about the the aforementioned mr. mr. spitzer and mr. weiner, and you didn't even mention the gentleman from south carolina, sanford. we clearly as a culture are increasingly given to pass out second chances for the sinners among us. >> michael: yes, exactly. go run a triathlon. jim warren from "the new york daily news." thank y
this is not bill clinton mouthing off on anything and everything under the sun. this is a rarity appearance in tanzania. in dallas they're doing sufficient that is pretty good, this women's conference. this is interesting. clearly he is frustrated about something that is a primal importance to him. >> michael: of course, before i let go, and very quickly i want to bring up virginia governor bob transvaginal probe mcdonnell. it's a tough nickname but he's got it. an fbi investigation shows...
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. >> stephanie: they hated clinton. now they love him. >> he's the wise of wise old man who concedes all of the faults of the democratic party. he led the party for ten years. yeah. painful. >> stephanie: rush limbaugh. >> he's a thin, wiry, can't even throw a baseball looking like a guy. the president. there's not a whole lot of masculinity there. in appearance. plus he's a liberal democrat. that means he's a dove. liberal democratic progressive means that in his mind, the u.s. military is the focus of the evil of the modern world. >> stephanie: he's commenting on someone's athleticism. and figure. okay. >> i would like to see a punt, pass and kick challenge between rush limbaugh and barack obama. i would put $100 on who's going to win. >> stephanie: what do you say on a one on one match on the basketball court? >> exactly. >> nothing but net. >> stephanie: this is the play they always run. not manly. is that what he said? throws like a girl. he's not manly. >> limbaugh on the same day obviously had the whole sandra fl
. >> stephanie: they hated clinton. now they love him. >> he's the wise of wise old man who concedes all of the faults of the democratic party. he led the party for ten years. yeah. painful. >> stephanie: rush limbaugh. >> he's a thin, wiry, can't even throw a baseball looking like a guy. the president. there's not a whole lot of masculinity there. in appearance. plus he's a liberal democrat. that means he's a dove. liberal democratic progressive means that in his mind,...
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. >> he also could be there as, you know, as a big help on president hillary clinton. whoever what a line-up. keith eltison, great congressman from minnesota is going to be along. eliot spitzer, current tv's "viewpoint" host joins us as he does every wednesday morning a little bit later in this hour. lynn sweet covered the white house for the chicago sun times as a friend of bill and shame on the boy scouts. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> on this wednesday, other headlines making news, just 10 days before the 0 lil pick games start in london things are going very very poorly after the company hired to provide 10,000 security officers for the games announced they had week it was at least 3500 people short and couldn't even guarantee that any of its employees would actually show up to work london cab drivers are now in protest because of the special olympic game planes painted. cabbies are not allowed to drive in those lanes awes they are for competitors and officials and sponsors, "the telegram" says cabbies blocked traffic across the city causing massiv
. >> he also could be there as, you know, as a big help on president hillary clinton. whoever what a line-up. keith eltison, great congressman from minnesota is going to be along. eliot spitzer, current tv's "viewpoint" host joins us as he does every wednesday morning a little bit later in this hour. lynn sweet covered the white house for the chicago sun times as a friend of bill and shame on the boy scouts. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> on this...
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so the two big stories coming up not only right now is hillary clinton speaking, secretary clinton is speaking at the benghazi hearing and her initial statement from what we heard kind of was a whac-a-mole of conspiracy theories around benghazi, one after the other. and actually, one of the harshest moments in the debates where mitt romney said you said act of terror. read the transcripts. please proceed governor. would you like another shovel, governor? >> we can still see the top of your head. >> hal: exactly. and she mentioned that you know, the fact that not only did he say it but she also referenced it the very next day. they also mention the fact that in -- they were having all of these -- because of the video they were having a lot of just riots in the streets and demonstrations and the like. and there was this idea that in the benghazi attack, it was either an al-qaeda-based terrorist attack on one of our embassies, period or it was a riot about a video. >> or both. >> hal: but the truth is, like most intelligence gathering will tell you somewhere in the middle. and what it lo
so the two big stories coming up not only right now is hillary clinton speaking, secretary clinton is speaking at the benghazi hearing and her initial statement from what we heard kind of was a whac-a-mole of conspiracy theories around benghazi, one after the other. and actually, one of the harshest moments in the debates where mitt romney said you said act of terror. read the transcripts. please proceed governor. would you like another shovel, governor? >> we can still see the top of...
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the irony of it was not lost on secretary of state hillary clinton. >> this is not easy. today, many americans are asking. indeed, i asked myself, "how could this happen"? how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction. >> bill: indeed. how indeed could that have happened? chris stephens gave his life, lost his life trying to save others at our consulate, other americans and other workers at our consulate in libya. president obama, for his part yesterday, absolutely, totally condemned the violence and the killings. >> there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence, none. >> bill: president obama, again, i was there in the rose garden yesterday. photos of the president and the first lady in the rose garden that i took yesterday are up on our web site. check them out at billpressshow.com. the president praised chris stephens by personally -- he also had gotten to know him. he praised those others who lost their lives and who served in such challenging times, in such challenging part of the world. and
the irony of it was not lost on secretary of state hillary clinton. >> this is not easy. today, many americans are asking. indeed, i asked myself, "how could this happen"? how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction. >> bill: indeed. how indeed could that have happened? chris stephens gave his life, lost his life trying to save others at our consulate, other americans and other workers at our consulate in libya. president...
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. >> stephanie: the clinton global initiative is always so amazing. tell us what your program is exactly. >> well we work with planned parenthood in both latin america and africa to train young people and sexual health issues be able to get sex education, contraceptives, prevent the spread of disease and as part of the initiative today, we have announcing we are going to expand this program in both of those continents and increase the connection between young people in the united states as well as young people in africa and latin america working on global health issues and there's no place better to do it. i just came from a panel that was just mind blowing. and planned parenthood is just really thrilled to be part of it. >> stephanie: interesting that obama's campaign slogan is forward, isn't it? when you think of how regressive truly a lot of these policies that republicans are proposing around the country, you must feel like really i have to fight this battle again >> that's what i keep hearing across the country. that we're actually arguing these
. >> stephanie: the clinton global initiative is always so amazing. tell us what your program is exactly. >> well we work with planned parenthood in both latin america and africa to train young people and sexual health issues be able to get sex education, contraceptives, prevent the spread of disease and as part of the initiative today, we have announcing we are going to expand this program in both of those continents and increase the connection between young people in the united...
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we got bill clinton impeached. we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on. congress back in session and trying to deal with the fiscal cliff. so is president obama. all anybody is talking about is all of the latest with the david petraeus sex scandal. think about it. two generals, two famous generals, two top generals, two women. you got politics involved. you got the military involved. you got maybe national security documents involved. i'm telling you, how long before we see the hollywood movie? which is going to be first? the book or the movie or the tv series? who knows. maybe all three. we'll get into that and a w
we got bill clinton impeached. we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on....
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he was a spokesman for president clinton. roger, welcome inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me, jennifer. >> jennifer: you bet. i know you're here on skype. you're a crisis communications expert. you've dealt with a lot of scandals. just as a general matter, how serious is this one? >> i think it is about as serious as you can get. any time you're dealing with the c.i.a., military activities and terrorism, you know, it is high stakes enough as it is. you throw, you know, jealous lover and sex into the mix and obsessed fbi agent has all of the makings of a tv show. basically, the best laid plans here of mice and men get laid to waste by some of these actions. so i think -- the stakes are pretty high. you know. exactly how serious it is for them individually remains to be seen. you know there's no question i think that petraeus will have a tough time in his chosen career, he may have a bit of a second career down the road but in this case, because of the trust and the responsibility and the integrity that comes with th
he was a spokesman for president clinton. roger, welcome inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me, jennifer. >> jennifer: you bet. i know you're here on skype. you're a crisis communications expert. you've dealt with a lot of scandals. just as a general matter, how serious is this one? >> i think it is about as serious as you can get. any time you're dealing with the c.i.a., military activities and terrorism, you know, it is high stakes enough as it is. you...
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a big day today here on capitol hill secretary of state, hillary clinton will finally testify today on events in benghazi. yes, yes, republicans are still -- the election is long gone, but they are they are trying to exploit the murder ofan an american am bats dor for cheap political purposes. they don't blame the terrorist who killed them. they blame the state department who nominated him in the obama administration. whose side are they on anyway? give them hell hillary today. give them hell. we will talk about that and more on the "full-court press." the latest: today's current news update lisa has it out in los angeles. >> hey bill majority leader is giving an ult mader. reid is giving mccog36 hours to come up with a plan, to about midday tomorrow. over the last few years we have seen a record number of filibusters from republicans. now reid wants to shift the power to the minority, to require 41 members to vote to maintain a filibuster rather than the usual 60 votes to end it. many democrats and filibuster reform advocates are sponsoring that plan, calling it an effective middle pa
a big day today here on capitol hill secretary of state, hillary clinton will finally testify today on events in benghazi. yes, yes, republicans are still -- the election is long gone, but they are they are trying to exploit the murder ofan an american am bats dor for cheap political purposes. they don't blame the terrorist who killed them. they blame the state department who nominated him in the obama administration. whose side are they on anyway? give them hell hillary today. give them hell....
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meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton at 10:45. the vice president included in that meeting. then the president and the vice president will have their weekly lunch. in the private dining room. and after lunch the president and the vice president will be meeting with treasury secretary tim geithner. jay carney back in town today. he's scheduled a white house press briefing, this is the first one in the white house this week, at 11:30 this morning and i will be there representing all of you and i will tell you all about it tomorrow. so let's come back and talk senate races and foreign policy. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: what do you say? good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press" on current tv this thursday morning. august 16th. good to see you today. thank you so much for being part of the program. this is where we tackle all of the big stories of the day. let you know what's going on in washington, d.c. around the country and around the globe. and take your calls at 1-866-55
meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton at 10:45. the vice president included in that meeting. then the president and the vice president will have their weekly lunch. in the private dining room. and after lunch the president and the vice president will be meeting with treasury secretary tim geithner. jay carney back in town today. he's scheduled a white house press briefing, this is the first one in the white house this week, at 11:30 this morning and i will be there representing all of...
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gore who was fact very well schooled in foreign policy issues when he joined up with then governor clinton on that ticket. that's an importants a tribute. >> jennifer: one thing he is disciplined, and my guess is he is boning up on every bit of foreign policy that he can. kiki thank you to suchmor joining us inside "the war room." up next how is mitt romney's momentum, and i really hate even saying that -- how is that momentum translating in swing states? (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the vice presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part of this democracy and see your tweets up on our screen. >>now that's politically direct. cu >> jennifer: you're back inside "the war room," i'm jennifer grandholm. both president obama and governor romney are pulling out all of the stops to win colorado's nine e
gore who was fact very well schooled in foreign policy issues when he joined up with then governor clinton on that ticket. that's an importants a tribute. >> jennifer: one thing he is disciplined, and my guess is he is boning up on every bit of foreign policy that he can. kiki thank you to suchmor joining us inside "the war room." up next how is mitt romney's momentum, and i really hate even saying that -- how is that momentum translating in swing states? (vo) what is said here...
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it was started by condy rice and the day that secretary clinton was sworn in, she heard about the program and she asked me to stay on for another couple of years because it was a worthy program. it didn't mean that secretary clinton agreed with everything secretary rice did but we have to find areas of common ground and i think that -- >> jennifer: i totally agree with you on that. >> up ten points with independents because they're seeing that. >> jennifer: there's no doubt there needs to be cooperation. there needs to be common ground which is difficult to find in washington, d.c. often when people sign pledges not to cooperate with others but glenn beck just issued a tweet yesterday saying -- after he was watching the debate saying i'm glad to know that mitt romney agrees with obama so much. no really. why vote? so romney has spent an awl lot of time trying to show there is daylight between he and the president. and last night it seemed to totally mush together which is what the president was saying. that was clearly a strategy on the part of the romney campaign. perhaps to go after the
it was started by condy rice and the day that secretary clinton was sworn in, she heard about the program and she asked me to stay on for another couple of years because it was a worthy program. it didn't mean that secretary clinton agreed with everything secretary rice did but we have to find areas of common ground and i think that -- >> jennifer: i totally agree with you on that. >> up ten points with independents because they're seeing that. >> jennifer: there's no doubt...
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there was a republican jesse helms, who was challenging bill clinton left and right. that wasn't gingrich. i don't know where he is coming from on this. >> who knows? who knows what has happened in the interim. let's listen to a sound byte from mitt romney slamming president obama on foreign affairs. take a listen. >> in dealings with other nations, he has given trust where it is not earned insult and apology where it was not due. >> is it fair to paint president obama as an apologist? >> it's not fair. everyone who has looked at the record, we can take apologies in two senses. really referring to an actual apology, everyone who has looked at it says they can't find it in obama's record. okay. if he is taking the broader meaning of kind of expressing regret for specific things sure i mean not only hasbol apologized but people tend to forget. i counted with george bush that he had apologized to the chinese over a plane incident. george bush apologized after abu abgraib and on a trip to africa if we are losing the looser definition of apology. what's wrong with that? i
there was a republican jesse helms, who was challenging bill clinton left and right. that wasn't gingrich. i don't know where he is coming from on this. >> who knows? who knows what has happened in the interim. let's listen to a sound byte from mitt romney slamming president obama on foreign affairs. take a listen. >> in dealings with other nations, he has given trust where it is not earned insult and apology where it was not due. >> is it fair to paint president obama as an...
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i have heard the term anybody but clinton, anybody but bloomberg, but one of the things you were talking about, the poll numbers are worse for her campaign than the numbers you read is that in a run-off she polls the same as weiner, in a run off. in new york, if no one gets 40% in the primary it goes to the top two candidates in the run-off. it looks like weiner keeps in the polls. >> michael: and it's an obviously entirely different election, but i remember growing up in new york during the cuomo election primary, and that about as ugly as anything. i don't remember anybody but in the party. let's stick with the idea of a mayor, but certainly the idea of a disgraced one. let's talk about bob filner. they voted to sue filner for the public defense bills he has racked up, we they said the city should be on the hook for the bills because the city failed to give him sexual harassment training. i can't say it with a straight face. but this is such perfect legalese. is it the city's fault that women have been harassed bay creepy mayor? >> if there is anything that meets stupidity the his lawy
i have heard the term anybody but clinton, anybody but bloomberg, but one of the things you were talking about, the poll numbers are worse for her campaign than the numbers you read is that in a run-off she polls the same as weiner, in a run off. in new york, if no one gets 40% in the primary it goes to the top two candidates in the run-off. it looks like weiner keeps in the polls. >> michael: and it's an obviously entirely different election, but i remember growing up in new york during...